Posted October 26, 201113 yr Time - October 2011 Borderline Our critics pick the most extraordinary English-language pop recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Here are 100 (unranked) songs of enduring beauty, power and inventiveness ‘Borderline’ Artist: Madonna Year Released: 1984 When “Borderline” was released as a single in February 1984 I was 11: not quite old enough to be in love with a boy, just the right age to fall in love with a pop song. We fell en masse, the girls in my Catholic middle school, and as much as we could look like Madonna — lacy bows, mousse-mussed hair, fingerless gloves — while still pulling off the uniform kilt, we did. (Maybe the kilt didn’t hurt, actually.) What was it about “Borderline” that hooked us? That slightly adenoidal, approachable voice; the look Madonna had in the video of a cool big sister crossing over into womanhood, deciding what kind of woman she wanted to be; the tantalizing frustration not just of being in love but of constantly having one’s love pushed over the borderline. Madonna went on to sing more-clever songs (“Material Girl”), more-showy songs (“Like a Prayer”), more-sexy songs (“Justify My Love”). But “Borderline,” her first top-10 hit, captures the essence of her pop appeal, its freshness, simplicity and vitality. Time
October 26, 201113 yr Borderline is a classic , the video is gorgeous and i love the album version to death!!
January 31, 201213 yr Author Billboard Top 5 Madonna Perfomances on TV On the wake of Madonna's Superbowl halftime show this sunday, Billboard.com countdowned the top 5 Madonna performances on TV. 5. "Vogue," MTV Video Music Awards (1990) Backed by her Blond Ambition tour dancers, Madonna closed the 1990 "MTV Video Music Awards," reminding people that the M in MTV stood for Madonna. Decked out in full Marie Antoinette garb, the diva lip-synced her massive Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single before being carried out on a chaise lounge. 4. "Hung Up," The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006) In her third (and most recent) Grammy Awards performance, Madonna and her holographic double mingled with Gorillaz for a show-stopping opening number. After strutting around with the alternative rock act, the diva burst into her top 10 Hot 100 hit "Hung Up" with her incredibly bendy dancers. Another "Hung Up" performance almost made this list, but was edged out (just barely!) by the Grammy gig. Which? Her incredible TV debut performance of "Hung Up" on the MTV Europe Music Awards. 3. "Like a Virgin," MTV Video Music Awards (1984) It was the first "MTV Video Music Awards" and Madonna was riding high as one of the network's new young darlings. After scoring a pair of top 10 Hot 100 hits in 1984 with "Borderline" and "Lucky Star," the diva introduced her upcoming single, "Like a Virgin," to the MTV masses on the VMAs. It's one of the most iconic VMA performances in history, thanks in part to Madonna's skin-revealing dance moves (really, she was just rolling around on the floor). 2. "Sooner or Later," The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Perhaps a surprising entry on this list is Madonna's performance of the Oscar-winning song "Sooner or Later" on the 1991 Academy Awards. The tune is from her 1990 film "Dick Tracy," which won composer Stephen Sondheim the Oscar for best original song. Often noted by fans as one of her best vocal performances, Madonna was in full-Marilyn Monroe mode here, vamping and va-va-vooming her way through the belty number. 1. "Express Yourself," MTV Video Music Awards (1989) Where to begin? The light-up stairs! The bustiers! The running-man! The crotch-grab! With only two backing dancer/singers (longtime cohorts Niki Haris and Donna De Lory), Madonna showed that you didn't need pyrotechnics and an armada of dancers to heat up a TV stage. (At some point in the performance Madonna gives us our first taste of her vogueing -- months before she released her smash single "Vogue." Source: www.Billboard.com
February 16, 201213 yr Author Madonna crowned 'Greatest' Woman in Music From MTV.com: Madonna is already dubbed the Queen of Pop, so fans of the iconic singer probably aren't surprised that she tops VH1's "100 Greatest Women in Music" list. The network's weeklong countdown wraps up Friday and features the greatest female artists of the last twenty years who have released music from 1990 to today. The list includes the likes of P.J. Harvey, Sheryl Crow, the Spice Girls, Miley Cyrus, Cher, Aaliyah, Ke$ha, Florence and the Machine, Liz Phair, M.I.A. and the White Stripes drummer Meg White, to name a few. As the countdown comes to a close, it seems that Madonna is the only lady who can top the list. Also making the top 10 is Pink, Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Adele, Lady GaGa, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey, who landed at #2 on the list. Britney Spears narrowly missed the top 10, landing at #11. The other girls in the top 20 are Rihanna (who just made it at #20), Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani and TLC.
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April 8, 201213 yr Author Rolling Stone Magazine Readers Top 10 Madonna Songs: 01. Like A Prayer 02. Vogue 03. Ray Of Light 04. Borderline 05. Live To Tell 06. Frozen 07. Express Yourself 08. Like A Virgin 09. Into The Groove 10. Holiday
April 30, 201213 yr Author Madonna on NME’s 100 Best Songs of the 80s list 33. Madonna – ‘Like A Prayer’ Released: March 1989 Madonna was still at the top of her game when it came to upsetting the prudes. This time around she scandalised the church with the black Jesus in the ‘Like A Prayer’ video and all that appropriation of religious imagery and vocabulary. It didn’t harm the song’s prospects that it was a belting pop tune, a welcome return to form after the sub-par tosh of her Who’s That Girl soundtrack efforts.
June 20, 201213 yr Author NME's 100 Greatest Songs Ever http://allaboutmadonna.com/images/news/12-06-20-madonna-like-a-prayer-nme-best-songs.jpg
